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Special Weather Statement, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this special weather statement at May 10, 2017, 7:10 PM CDT for Sherman County, Texas. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 2017, 7:10 PM CDT (00:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2017, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
County Sherman County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 232 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1146 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 969 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted.
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Amarillo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at May 10, 6:14 PM CDT, 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 10, 6:14 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Amarillo TX 316 PM CDT Wed May 10 2017 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-110945- Cimarron-Texas-Beaver-Dallam-Sherman-Hansford-Ochiltree-Lipscomb- Hartley-Moore-Hutchinson-Roberts-Hemphill-Oldham-Potter-Carson- Gray-Wheeler-Deaf Smith-Randall-Armstrong-Donley-Collingsworth- 316 PM CDT Wed May 10 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Thunderstorms are expected today and tonight across much of the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles. Some storms that develop may become severe, with large hail, damaging winds, and isolated tornadoes the primary hazards. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Thunderstorms will be possible across the northern half of the area Thursday. Any storms that form are expected to remain below severe levels at this time. Additional thunderstorms may develop Sunday afternoon through Tuesday across eastern sections of the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles. Any storms that form are expected to remain below severe levels at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter groups and emergency management officials across the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles should remain alert and be ready for possible activation later this afternoon or evening. Beat
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 10, 5:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Amarillo TX 547 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2017 OKZ001-002-102315- Cimarron OK-Texas OK- 547 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2017 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN TEXAS AND NORTHEASTERN CIMARRON COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT... At 547 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8 miles southwest of Eva, or 20 miles south of Elkhart, moving north at 40 mph. Penny size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Eva and Sturgis. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take shelter in a sturdy building if threatening weather approaches. && A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for the Panhandle of Oklahoma. LAT...LON 3699 10178 3663 10191 3666 10213 3699 10226 TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 174DEG 34KT 3673 10203 Simpson
Special weather statement, May 10, 6:16 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 7:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Donley | 32 min |
| May 10, 8:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hemphill | 52 min |
| May 10, 9:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Sherman | 36 min |
| May 10, 10:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hansford, Hutchinson | 36 min |
| May 10, 10:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hansford | 47 min |
| May 11, 1:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Gray | 27 min |
| May 10, 7:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Cimarron | 48 min |
| May 10, 11:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Texas | 21 min |
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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.